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Soc St Ch 9/Part 2
Campbell Ch 9 Test Review Part 2
| Vocabulary Terms/Concepts | Definition |
|---|---|
| The sinking of the USS Maine, in 1898, led to ___________. | the Spanish-American War |
| One result of the Spanish-American War | The US became a world power |
| primary source | account by people involved in the event being written about (eye-witness) |
| secondary source | account written by people who were not actually there |
| Ex. of primary sources | letters; diaries; newspaper stories; speeches; official documents |
| Ex. of secondary sources | textbooks; encyclopedias; atlases; history books |
| reforms | changes designed to make things better |
| Panama Canal | a canal that was built across the Isthmus of Panama that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| assembly line | a method of mass production in which the product is carried on a moving belt past workers who remain in place |
| national park | an area set aside for its natural beauty |
| Great Migration | the journey of hundreds of thousands of African Americans from the South to northern manufacturing cities in the late 1800s and early 1900s |
| The Great Migration lasted _______. | about 50 years |
| discrimination | unfair difference in the treatment of people |
| Causes of the Great Migration | more jobs in the North; African Americans faced discrimination in the South |
| Effects of the Great Migration | African American population increased in the North; the lives of some African Americans improved |